A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit permanently blocked enforcement of Florida’s higher-education “Stop WOKE Act,” ruling that the law violates the First Amendment by restricting professors’ classroom speech on topics related to race, gender, and other contested issues. The ruling upheld a lower-court injunction that had already prevented enforcement in Florida’s public colleges and universities, with the majority emphasizing that the First Amendment bars “pall of orthodoxy” and rejects Florida’s argument that paid status gives the state control over what professors say in class. Separate from the speech restrictions, another appellate decision rejected Florida’s challenge to the federal accreditation system—finding the accreditation requirement reasonable as a mechanism for ensuring the flow of federal student aid. Together, the outcomes underscore how quickly state “culture war” litigation is running up against federal constitutional limits and the statutory structure that ties accreditation to Title IV eligibility.